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Year: ?
Brand: BIANCHI
Color:WHITE/PINK/BLUE
Size:54
Serial: ??
Photo: http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b80/polkadotberrie/P1030087.jpg
Stolen in PORTLAND, OR 97209
Stolen:2009-07-5
Stolen From: 9TH AND NW KEARNEY.
PEARL COURT APARTMENTS.
Neighborhood: PEARL DISTRICRT
Owner: JESSICA THORNE
OwnerEmail: POLKADOTBERRIE@YAHOO.COM
Reward: 100
Description: WHITE VINTAGE BIANCHI. PINK AND BLUE ACCENTS. BLUE TIRES. BLUE HANDLE BARS. PINK CHAIN.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
High speed rail; homeless Hummers; Berlin fixie ban; traffic in India; traffic in Indonesia; the gender gap; genetics; walking; playing in the street
Hang on to your hats, folks, there’s a lot of news this week.
– A NY Times Op-Ed speculating that Detroit, with its disappearing population and wide, empty streets, could be transformed into a bicycling utopia has been causing a stir around the web. A reader sent in a link to this story about how the bicycle craze of the late 19th century paved the way for Detroit to become the iconic motoring city (thanks Dan!).
– On the whole, the population of US cities is beginning to grow again, reports Streetsblog.
– The Sightline Institute has found that we’re using less gas in the Pacific Northwest — in fact, in the past year we’ve dropped down to 1965 levels.
– A compendium of the Obama administration’s transportation goals.
Year: late 80’s
Brand: Peugeot
Model: cruiser
Stolen in 97211, OR
Stolen:2009-07-4
Stolen From: We hosted a 4th of July party in NE Portland at Skidmore off MLK and someone of our guests “picked up” this bike from somewhere . . . unclear where the location was. We really want to get it back to it’s rightful owner.
Owner: Kate Casselman
OwnerEmail: kate.casselman@gmail.com
Description: We hosted a 4th of July party and someone of our thoughtless/inebriated guests “picked up” this bike from some gassy spot. It’s a old Peugeot and we really want it to go to it’s rightful owner so contact me with some details about the bike so I’ll know it belongs to you.
Year: 2000
Brand: Klein
Model: 7 Stage
Color:size 59 Frame
Size:Red
Serial: 59Z0297568
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2009-07-5
Stolen From: Next to garge in broad daylight
Neighborhood: Saben/Alberta Arts
Owner: Aaron Cook
OwnerEmail: cook9558@comcast.net
Reward: $100.00
Description: Red Men’s Klein w/ seat bag and duck taped seat.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 0959146
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2006
Brand: Motobecane
Model: Messenger
Color:orange
Size:54cm
Photo: http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8156/11180.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2009-07-3
Stolen From: Outside the B-Side on SE 7th and Burnside
Neighborhood: SE
Owner: Lauren Souther
OwnerEmail: lsouther@gmail.com
Description: My bike looks just like the photo only it has a black basket attached to the front. The back wheel has two cogs and it is single speed.
Brand: gt
Model: alterra
Color:green
Stolen in portland, OR
Stolen:2009-07-3
Stolen From: Sw 3rd and stark
Neighborhood: sw by hubers cafe
Owner: molly dechenne
OwnerEmail: metalmolly@gmail.com
Description: a green gt alterra with a blue and gray seat, small bumper sticker that says “mean” on the top bar of the frame
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 1980s (?)
Brand: Peugot
Color:White
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2009-07-4
Stolen From: My house on the corner of 39th Ave and Henry
Neighborhood: Eastmoreland
Owner: Solomon Moore
OwnerEmail: moores@reed.edu
Description: Color: White
Size: adult
It has two sets of brake levers (vertical and horizontal) and there is a Reed College serial number (which proof of ownership can be determined from) underneath the seat. Handlebar grip tape is coming off, it is duct taped on the tip of right side.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 1983
Brand: raleigh
Color:black
Stolen in 97215, OR
Stolen:2009-07-3
Stolen From: 50th and ankeny
Neighborhood: se mt tabor
Owner: gordon lawrence
OwnerEmail: lawrgj@yahoo.com
Reward: 50
Description: black sprayed frame, yellow and black speckled bar tape. trade up music stickers. bar end shifters opn downturn bars
Police reference#: 0958558
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2006
Brand: Specialized
Model: Rock Hopper Comp
Color:Red
Size:19
Serial: P6(or G)HE35112
Stolen in PDX, OR 97210
Stolen:2009-07-2
Stolen From: 28th and Thurman
Neighborhood: NW Portland
Owner: Scott Host
OwnerEmail: ak_kings@yahoo.com
Reward: Case of Beer of choice
Description: Disc Brakes (mechanical), Egg shaped bar ends, lizard skin, paint rubbed off of tubes where it rides on my bke rack
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 09058478
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
It’s the big Fourth of July Weekend… what type of bike adventures do you have planned?
Saturday is the start of the Tour de France with the much-anticipated comeback of a guy named Lance Armstrong (perhaps you’ve heard of him?).
For those of you not in Monaco for Stage 1, check out the TV coverage for the next three weeks on Versus . If you don’t have cable (or can’t stand the reportedly all-Lance-all-the-time Versus coverage), other ways to follow the action are via Twitter from @TDFblog or BikeHugger’s TDF “Hub” also looks like a great bet for full (and interactive) coverage.
I know about 20 people who are joining the Cycle Wild bike camping trip to Big Bottom. My three ladies and I are headed for some bike camping of our own. We’ll join two other familes (that’s six adults and seven kids!) for a ride from Portland to Champoeg State Park.
Out at the velodrome, the Alpenrose Sixday wraps up tomorrow.
“I think there are some big leaps being made here with regard to the ad’s message being misleading or in some way endangering cyclists. The ad poses a question. How people interpret it or act on it is not up for TriMet to determine.”
— Becky Witt, Public Information Officer for TriMet
As the debate continues over an ad campaign on a MAX train that asks, “Should cyclists pay a road tax?”, several people in the comments have wondered whether TriMet should have even allowed the ad in the first place.
Yesterday, I learned more about TriMet’s advertising policy from their Public Information Officer Becky Witt. In a nutshell, Witt says an Oregon court ruling prevents TriMet from picking and choosing what ads they run, yet their policy still allows exceptions for offensive ads or ads that could endanger public safety.
In an email exchange/interview last night, I asked to Witt more about this situation.
When it comes to ads, Witt likened TriMet to “an impartial third party” and wrote that: